Humberside Police officers say they are 'hugely disappointed' following the announcement of a 2 per cent pay increase.

Police officers and prison staff will receive the pay rise, but claim it will be ineffective because living costs are rising faster.

While police staff, including PCSOs, will receive nothing as unions claim they are 'being treated like a second class workforce'.

Chairman of the Humberside Police Federation, Pete Musgrave, said: "The pay award is not good enough.

Humberside Police Federation chairman Peter Musgrave

"Despite some gains for officers in England and Wales, the headline announcement of a 2 per cent pay award will leave Humberside Police officers feeling hugely disappointed on a day which also saw inflation rise to 2.9 per cent.

"The 2 per cent award is a 1 per cent pensionable pay rise across the board, plus 1 per cent as an additional amount of money this year, this is non-pensionable.

Nationally the federation, which represents uniformed officers, asked for a consolidated 2.8 per cent rise, while the Police Remuneration Review Body, the body which makes recommendations on police pay to the Government, recommended a consolidated 2 per cent rise.

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Mr Musgrave said: "This is not a 2 per cent pay rise as the headlines suggest. The Chief Constable and PCC now have to find this additional 1 per cent ‘bonus’ from their own budgets, which are already stretched.

Police officers will receive a pay rise - but PCSOs won't

"Our chief has already stated that recruitment is his main priority, we have lost over 700 officers since 2008 and we fully support him in the additional resource he is looking to bring into the service. If this recruitment is affected by this announcement then the blame must lie squarely at the seat of central government.

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"The recent morale and wellbeing survey highlights just how despondent officers are with the state of the service, including those in Humberside. This pay award has done little to address that.

"I implore the Government to really think about the impact that this has had on officers and award them with fair and proper pay rises."

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Meanwhile, the Humberside Police Unison branch, which represents civilian staff, including PCSOs, has condemned the Government's decision to only offer pay rises to police officers and prison officers as 'divisive and derisory'.

Branch secretary Tony Green

Branch secretary Tony Green said: "Yet again our police staff members are forgotten and once again are being treated like a second class workforce, despite providing essential services for our communities and making up 40 per cent of the police workforce nationally.